The International Air Transport Association, the global body representing 290 airlines comprising 82% of global air traffic, has joined with the International Transport Workers’ Federation in calling on governments around the world to “prevent an employment catastrophe in the aviation industry” and deliver a long-term plan for the future of the stricken sector. Labor will

After the Morrison Government’s comprehensive failure to support Australian aviation and plan for the future of this essential industry, Labor has today initiated a Senate inquiry to understand what the COVID-19 pandemic will mean for the future of Australia’s aviation sector. The inquiry will also be able to examine the support offered – or not

The Deputy Prime Minister confirmed today that the Morrison Government has been using their aviation support package to subsidise the use of private jets. Through the Morrison Government’s aviation support package, tens of thousands of dollars have been delivered through air services charge rebates to Crown Casino, Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy, Leppington Pastoral Company and other

A senate inquiry into general aviation has heard of the urgent need for the Morrison Government to support the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA). In its Senate submission Professionals Australia, who represent workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, has found that over recent years, staffing numbers in CASA’s Southern Region office

Evidence heard in Senate Estimates has cast even more doubt over the Morrison Government’s program of infrastructure investment, with revelations that the Department of Infrastructure had budgeted “in the order of $30m” for the purchase of the Leppington Triangle even before their dodgy valuation and acquisition process. The acquisition of land should always be based

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOPPARLIAMENT HOUSE SATURDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2020 SUBJECT: Airport land rorts, ANAO budget cuts, ICAC, Victorian COVID numbers, New Zealand travellers in Victoria, Digital border forms. CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Thanks everyone for coming out this morning. I just want to make some further comments about the decision yesterday by the

E&OE TRANSCRIPTRADIO INTERVIEWRADIO NATIONAL BREAKFASTFRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2020 SUBJECTS: Repatriation of stranded Australians; Virgin Australia. HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: Catherine King is the opposition transport spokeswoman. Good morning to you. CATHERINE KING, SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Good morning Hamish. MACDONALD: On the plans to bring Australians home and put them into quarantine in Howard Springs. Do you welcome that decision? KING: Well, Labor has been calling

E&OE TRANSCRIPTDOORSTOPPARLIAMENT HOUSE FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2020 SUBJECT: Airport land rorts. CATHERINE KINGSHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Reports today that the Australian Federal Police is now investigating the Morrison’s deal to purchase land in the Leppington Triangle at Western Sydney Airport at the inflated price of $30 million is welcome. The Australian National Audit

WILL 30,000 STRANDED AUSTRALIANS GET HOME BY CHRISTMAS?  It’s been 44 days since Labor called on Scott Morrison to use Federal quarantine facilities and organise charter flights – such as the RAAF VIP fleet he controls – to bring the almost 30,000 stranded Australians home before Christmas. It’s been 55 days since Scott Morrison announced

TASKFORCE NEEDED TO ADDRESS CREW CHANGE CRISIS  Recent cases of COVID-19 diagnosed on ships around Australia highlights the urgent need for the Morrison Government to form a taskforce to work with industry, states, and other nations to ensure that crew changeovers can occur regularly and safely. The international shipping community estimates that there are more